Fiona was floored by Spanish film Summer 1993, but Nick doubts his emotions. Nick later goes ga-ga for Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Fallout.

Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek from The Breaker Upperers stops by. Also, Nick and Fiona talk about What We Do In The Shadows and its spin-off Wellington Paranormal, Tom Hardy, and Who Is America.

In this special episode, Nick and Fiona talked to The New York Times culture writer Wesley Morris about Nicholas Cage movies, trailer outrage and the difficulty in separating the art from the artist.

In this special episode, Nick and Fiona talked to The New York Times culture writer Wesley Morris about Nicholas Cage movies, trailer outrage and the difficulty in separating the art from the artist.

Nick and Fiona discuss new releases and try to cut through the hype about Hereditary. They are kind of divided about Ocean's 8, then come back together to recommend SBS documentary The Fourth Estate. Fiona has also been diving into the Sydney Film Festival, and raves about Stanley Kubrick-related doc Filmworker, and Nick has been interrogating his son about what's interesting about the latest Star Wars spinoff, Solo.

Join us for a very special 50th episode of The Playlist podcast. In TV news, Fiona Williams and Nick Bhasin discuss the fallout of the decision to cancel Roseanne in the US and it's impact on Samantha Bee who also found herself at the centre of controversy after criticising Ivanka Trump. After, Fiona and Nick interview Simon Baker about his film 'Breath' and SBS favourite Vincent Cassel talks 'Gauguin'.

00:41 Nick and Fiona can’t handle the hype around Hereditary.

12:33 The gloves come off as they head into opposite corners over Ocean's 8.

25:28 They come back together to recommend The Fourth Estate documentary series, which goes inside The New York Times during the first months of the Trump presidency.

30:36 As for what they've been watching, Fiona really liked Filmworker, which she saw at the Sydney Film Festival.

33:28 And Solo gives Nick Star Wars fatigue.

Join us for a very special 50th episode of The Playlist podcast. In TV news, Fiona Williams and Nick Bhasin discuss the fallout of the decision to cancel Roseanne in the US and it's impact on Samantha Bee who also found herself at the centre of controversy after criticising Ivanka Trump. After, Fiona and Nick interview Simon Baker about his film 'Breath' and Vincent Cassel about 'Gauguin'.

After internalising the hysteria over spoiling Avengers: Infinity War, Nick and Fiona accuse each other of spoiling Avengers: Infinity War. 12:47 The discussion turns to the documentary Gurrumul, which is also out this week, and makes for good counterprogramming. 16:13 The Handmaid's Tale is finally back and things are looking pretty grim in Gilead 18:44 Fiona has been watching and not enjoying Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane 21:32 Nick enjoyed I Feel Pretty, but it’s complicated

0:40 Nick and Fiona contemplate the cultural appropriation of Wes Anderson’s Japan-set Isle of Dogs 13:16 Michelle Law and Chloe Reeson drop in to talk about how they saw the funny side of their real-life chronic pain stories, and turned it into web series Homecoming Queens 26:10 Nick has been watching Shaun of the Dead 27:00 Fiona has been binge watching The Handmaid’s Tale and speculates about the new series